Translation of "faire valoir" to English

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Dictionary translations for "faire valoir"

faire valoir verb

emphasize [ˈemfəsaɪz] (mettre en valeur)

point out

Phrases with "faire valoir" (2)

se faire valoir - push oneself forward
admis à faire valoir ses droits à la retraite - eligible for retirement

Contexts with "faire valoir"

Faire valoir son grade plus élevé sur ses inférieurs. Pull one's rank on one's inferiors.

Il a fermement insisté pour faire valoir son opinion. He strongly persisted in arguing his opinion.

Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.

L'équipage de Christophe Colomb s'est souvent plaint qu'il saturait la connexion wifi du navire pour s'adonner à des jeux en ligne, mais il réfuta ces accusations avec indignation, en faisant valoir qu'il recherchait des îles lointaines qu'ils devaient encore découvrir à l'époque. His crew members often complained of Christopher Columbus's hogging of their vessel's Wifi connection to play online games, but he denied these accusations with indignation, claiming that he was researching faraway lands that they had yet to discover.

Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.

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